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Short Story Studio: Queen Victoria The Enlightened

1/29/2017

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English II Class

       For my latest assignment in English, I had to create my own myth/short story following the "hero's journey" pattern:
  1. Setting
  2. Characters
  3. Unusual Birth/Childhood
  4. Call to Action
  5. Crossing the Threshold
  6. Supernatural Helper
  7. Challenges/Trials
  8. Special Tool/Weapon
  9. Abyss/Temptation
  10. Transformation
  11. Return
  12. Mastery of Two Worlds
       I wrote mine about a princess who has to complete a quest to earn her place on the throne. Please read and leave your comments below. I am always up for some constructive criticism!

Queen Victoria the Enlightened

       The tale of Queen Victoria begins on a calm spring afternoon. The rain had settled, and the sun came out to stay. King Arthur and Queen Charlotte of Barda were on their way back from a neighboring country, where they had settled a trade agreement. They were a very happy couple, as the queen was expecting her first-born child any day. What she didn’t know was that “any day” had come upon them.
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Furthermore, by: Tahereh Mafi

1/24/2017

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       There are only three things that matter to twelve-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn’t miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it’s been almost three years since then, and Alice is determined to find him. She loves her father even more than she loves adventure, and she’s about to embark on one to find the other.
       But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find him she’ll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive, and left can be both right and very, very wrong. It will take all of Alice's wits (and 
every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father, Alice must first find herself—and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss.
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Precommendations: Volume 1, Issue 1

1/1/2017

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       I know, you probably think I'm crazy. But that's nothing new, so let's move on from that. Precommendations (/prekəmənˈdāSH(ə)n/, according to Google's phonetic spelling for "recommendation". You just add a "p", so we're all on the same page. Because nothing is worse than disagreeing with your one book friend over how to pronounce something out of a book, or in this case, of a blog.) is something I made up after someone recommended me a movie even though it hadn't come out yet. I thought to myself, "I could make that a thing."
       So, here I am, and here you are as I introduce my precommendation idea into the world. It could be great, it could be awful, but it's happening.
      Without further adieu, here are my precommendations for January!

What are they, Ashton?

Wayfarer, by: Alexandra Bracken

January 3rd

       I enjoyed the first book in this series, but I didn't feel like it had much of a plot. I felt like it was all leading up to something that never came. Maybe this book will tie up some loose ends that I felt were left.
       And I like time travel. So there's that...
January 17th

       Here's the thing with me and Veronica Roth. We have a serious love-hate relationship. Divergent was great, so I binged Insurgent in one day. Consequently, I don't remember anything that happened. And then, Allegiant was awful. And THEN, she let the movie industry ruin the last two books.
       But, I do think that:
A) Veronica Roth is probably really good at starting a story, but not finishing. (Which I totally get. I started a really good fanfiction one time. The start was great, but I could never make anything of it. Maybe one day...)
B) She is simply due to write another good book. I can feel it in my bones.

Carve the Mark, by: Veronica Roth

Love and First Sight, by: Josh Sundquist

January 17th

      There are no words that can describe my love of both Josh Sundquist and his book. He is awesome, his book is awesome, and I have a great feeling that this book with be awesome. 'Nough said.
January 31st

      I actually didn't know this was going to be a thing until I started to look up the details for this post. As soon as I saw it, though, I got so excited! Iko is one of my favorite characters in the Lunar Chronicles. I am so happy that she is getting her own story! It will also be very neat to see her and maybe other character come to life in drawings.

Wires and Nerves, by: Marissa Meyer

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